Gastrocnemius
/ˌɡæstɹəkˈniːmiəs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.
- 2 the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot wordnet
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1670s, borrowed from New Latin gastrocnēmius, from Ancient Greek γαστροκνημία (gastroknēmía, “calf of the leg”), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).